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Wednesday, February 03, 2010

The Sorry State Of Massachusetts

Shank went to the Beanpot on Monday night and couldn't get 'fired up' about it:

I went to the Beanpot last night and tried to get fired up about the whole thing.

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Here’s what really killed me. Last night’s Harvard roster had only one guy from Massachusetts (Chris Huxley of Weymouth). Harvard had 11 players from Canada, one from Sweden, and one from Croatia. Boston University, last year’s national champion, featured two kids from Massachusetts (out of 21). Northeastern had four Bay Staters and Boston College a whopping 11.

Not to sound like a WTKK talk show host, but the lack of locals took something out of it for me. What happened to the days of Peabody’s Bobby Carpenter on the cover of Sports Illustrated? The days of Charlestown’s Jackie O’Callahan, Scituate’s Dave Silk, and Winthrop’s Mike Eruzione winning Olympic gold? Jim Craig going from Oliver Ames to Boston University to Lake Placid?
I don't know; times change, perhaps?

3 comments:

  1. "Not to sound like a WTKK talk show host, but the lack of locals took something out of it for me."

    What now? Is that supposed to be some kind of swipe against people who are against people in this country illegally?

    Guess what? I'd rather have kids from other countries here who came in as invited guests than people who just decided to break and enter.

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  2. I caught some of the BC-BU game on WBZ-FM and it turned out to be a heluva game.

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